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James Sharp new Distinguished Senior Advisor to IGB Core Facilities

James Sharp new Distinguished Senior Advisor to IGB Core Facilities

Hua Wang (right) with graduate student Rimsha Bhatta, who has worked in Wang’s research lab since 2020.

Promising new biomaterial for T cell therapy, cancer patients

Illinois chosen to co-lead new CZ Biohub in Chicago

Illinois chosen to co-lead new CZ Biohub in Chicago

IGB Profile: Kathy Millage

Kathy Millage

Jacob S. Sherkow and Carl Gunter are interested in developing new ways to protect genomic privacy.

Protecting genomic privacy through phone apps

Jonathan Sweedler, professor in chemistry and Cancer Center at Illinois researcher, is pictured here with graduate students, from the left, Blake Mirman and Seth Croslow.

Bringing Single-Cell Chemical Measurement Expertise to Cancer Research

Students from Campus Middle School for Girls try on protective gear called "bunny suits" in front of the cleanrooms within the Nick Holonyak Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory.

Nanotechnology-themed Forum Week has middle schoolers exploring big questions about the smallest particles

U. of I. anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy is the author of “Period: The Real Story of Menstruation.”

Book tackles myths about science of menstruation

Angel Rivera-Colón (left), former graduate student now postdoc in lab of Associate Professor of Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior, Julian Catchen (right)

A cold-specialized icefish species underwent major genetic changes as it migrated to temperate waters, new study finds

Erik Nelson - A milestone in my career

Erik Nelson: A milestone in my career

Individual Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells (orange) on the surface of the collagen scaffold (blue).

Evaluating the effect of manuka honey on collagen scaffolds

Colby Behrens, PhD candidate in the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Colby Behrens

The SRSF1 gene acts as a guardian against DNA damage in the liver, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers found. When it is missing or inactivated, severe nonalcoholic fatty liver disease symptoms develop.

Possible genetic basis and mouse model found for severe nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Dr. Wenyan Mei, in the Department of Comparative Biosciences

Stop Making Cells: Study Advances Knowledge about Cell Regeneration

Brian Cunningham is joined by research project members, from the left, Xiaojing Wang and Skye Shepherd, who were co-first authors on the teams’ recently published research. Team members not pictured include: Nantao Li, Congnyu Che, Tingjie Song, Yanyu Xiong, Isabella Rose Palm, Bin Zhao, Manish Kohli, Utkan Demirci, Yi Lu.

Researchers target prostate cancer with new, rapid biomarker detection method